Gate of Yongshou Palace
Wu Yashi was still crying weakly, swaying from crying, as if she was about to faint.
Suddenly, a group of people came out of the gate of Yongshou Palace.
Concubine Tong and her maids came out in great force and headed towards Wu Yashi.
Wu Yashi was startled, thinking that Concubine Tong finally couldn't help but attack her, and she was suddenly a little scared. But thinking about getting the emperor's pity, I wasn't afraid anymore.
When Concubine Tong walked in front of her, Wu Yashi was about to salute her, but she didn't expect Concubine Tong to stop walking without even glancing at her. She just ignored her and walked over, leading the people to Qianqing Palace. .
Wu Yashi froze on the spot. Seeing that the imperial concubine was going to Qianqing Palace, she felt guilty and scared for a moment.
Because during the time when she was a palace maid beside Concubine Tong, Wu Yashi had figured out the concubine's temperament. She was a arrogant person who didn't bother to explain. She dared to pretend to cry in Yongshou Palace to provoke pity, which led the emperor to misunderstand the imperial concubine. It was because she concluded that the imperial concubine would not explain it to the emperor in person.
But now the imperial concubine has been overly stimulated by her, and now she has gone to Qianqing Palace. If the imperial concubine goes to complain, then what she did before can be found out with a little careful investigation. Wu Yashi was thinking of countermeasures rapidly in her mind, fearing that she would lose the emperor's favor because of this incident.
Wu Yashi is very good at reading people's hearts, so she can keep the emperor and plot against the imperial concubine.
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Qianqing Palace
Liang Jiugong looked at Concubine Tong, who was walking over not far away with a group of palace maids.
He knew that the emperor had treated Concubine Tong coldly because of the fourth elder brother's matter, and it would have been over in a few days. Unexpectedly, Concubine Tong recently refused to allow Wu Ya to enter the Yongshou Palace to see Brother Si. After the emperor found out, Concubine Tong was completely annoyed.
No, it had been more than a month since she had entered the Yongshou Palace, so Wu Ya was very much favored by the emperor. Liang Jiugong felt that Concubine Tong really made a bad move. Originally, she was the emperor's cousin and already had a lot of things, but she still separated from the emperor because of her fourth elder brother. Alas!
At the moment when Liang Jiugong was lost in thought, Qingwan also arrived at the gate of Qianqing Palace and in front of Liang Jiugong.
Seeing this, Liang Jiugong hurriedly saluted: "I have met Concubine Tong."
Qingwan glanced at him and said gently: "Get up! I want to see the emperor. I would like Eunuch Liang to go in and help inform."
Liang Jiugong said respectfully: "Yes, Concubine Tong."
Inside the Qianqing Palace
Kangxi was reviewing the memorial, and Liang Jiugong walked up to the emperor.
Liang Jiugong: "Your Majesty, Concubine Tong wishes to see you."
Hearing this, Kangxi raised his head from the memorial and glanced at Liang Jiugong.
Then he thought for a moment. Then he said calmly to Liang Jiugong: "Well, let her come in."
Kangxi was thinking that Concubine Tong might have come here because he hadn't been to Yongshou Palace for a long time, so he couldn't sit still. He always felt pity for his cousin, and he had kept her cold for a month, so he let her in.
Kangxi no longer approved the memorial, so he looked towards the door, waiting for Concubine Tong to come in.
After a while, Kangxi saw the beautiful figure appearing at the door, and was stunned. It took him a while to recover.
After Kangxi came to his senses, he saw that Qingwan had walked in aggressively, but as soon as he stepped into the door of Qianqing Palace, Liu Fufeng became weak and walked towards him in a naughty manner.
Kangxi suddenly felt a little funny, and he did laugh.
Qingwan: "I pay my respects to the Emperor."
Kangxi smiled and said: "Get up!"
Qingwan got up immediately after hearing this.
Kangxi looked at the icy flesh and jade bones, the soft jade and the soft flowers, the weak willow and the wind, and asked her: "Why did my cousin come to Qianqing Palace to see me today?" Even if he knew, he still had to ask.
After hearing the words, Qingwan walked up to the emperor weakly and leaned into the emperor's arms, while the emperor also put his hand on her waist.
Qingwan leaned her side face against Kangxi's chest, raised her eyes sadly and said to Kangxi: "Your Majesty, I haven't seen you for a long time. Qingwan misses you very much." Hearing this, the emperor tightened his arms around Qingwan and lowered his head. Seeing the aggrieved Qingwan in his arms, I felt very guilty and self-blame towards Qingwan for a moment.
It's true that he did something wrong. He didn't see his cousin for too long. Qingwan was not in good health and had many worries.
No matter how Kangxi thinks about it now, he feels that it is his fault. How do you think you can't treat your cousin? You have to keep her cold, knowing that she likes you the most, why can't you tell her clearly?
When Kangxi was blaming himself, he heard Qingwan say: "I know that the emperor did this to me because of the Fourth Brother's matter."
Kangxi didn't dare to look into Qingwan's eyes for a while, because he did treat her like this because of his fourth brother.
Qingwan lowered her eyes slightly and said calmly: "I have been thinking a lot recently and feel that I am really not suitable to raise my fourth brother."
Kangxi was stunned, looked down at Qingwan, whose eyes were slightly lowered in his arms, and said in disbelief: "Cousin?"
Kangxi thought that his actions hurt his cousin's heart, so his cousin gave up on his fourth brother. For a moment, Kangxi felt that he was so heartbroken that he couldn't breathe.
Qingwan ignored his confusion and
He continued: "After all, my body is weak, and I cannot take care of my fourth brother carefully all the time. I am also afraid that my fourth brother will be wronged in Yongshou Palace."
Qingwan: "Furthermore, Fourth Brother's biological mother, Wu Ya, has also caused my concubine great distress and headache."
"Wu Ya clan cries at the gate of Yongshou Palace, my concubine's home, every day, and never comes in to ask for permission."
"I didn't take it seriously at first, but then I heard about it by chance. People in the harem felt that I was extremely vicious and cruel. She took possession of the son and refused to let the biological mother ask for permission. Only then did I know Why did Wu Ya go to the Yongshou Palace of this palace to cry, and why did she not come in to ask for an audience?"
Kangxi did not dare to interrupt her, so he continued to listen to Qingwan talking lightly about herself. The more he listened, the more painful his heart became. The pain reached his bones, and he could only hug her tightly. Only those who can barely relieve the anxious pain in their hearts.
"Seeing Wu Ya's behavior, I thought from the beginning: I am a noble concubine. If Wu Ya wants to see the fourth elder brother, she can just come in and pay homage. I will not prevent her from seeing the fourth elder brother. After all, I am not such a cruel person, and she is the biological mother of Fourth Elder Brother. But Wu Yashi is standing at the door of Yongshou Palace crying and will not come in. Do you want me to ask a noble concubine for a small promise? "
"I didn't expect that because of my concubine's arrogance, Wu Yashi would be given a chance."
Qingwan added: "Your Majesty, when Wu Ya was pregnant, she came to see me and said that she wanted to make a deal with me."
"Wu Yashi said that she gave the child to her concubine to raise, but she wanted to win the election in order to obtain the concubine position."
"I know that trading with the emperor's heir is against the emperor's taboo, but I really want a child too much."
Qingwan's tears couldn't stop flowing as she spoke, and she cried silently.
"I have been in the palace for many years, and have been childless for a long time. I am also very lonely. I know that the emperor often goes to Yongshou Palace to accompany me, but the emperor has three thousand beauties in the harem, and he cannot accompany me all the time, so I She really wanted a child to accompany her. Wu Yashi took the initiative and said that she was willing to give up the child to my concubine. I thought it was a win-win deal, so I agreed to her."
At this time, Kangxi noticed the moisture in his arms, lowered his head and pulled Qingwan out. He saw her crying silently, her pear blossoms covered with rain, which was very pitiful.
Kangxi didn't know what to say to comfort her at this moment, he could only think of what to say.
The emperor took out the handkerchief from her arms and gently wiped her tears: "Stop crying, I was wrong..."
Qingwan glared at Kangxi with her wet eyes, and said in a sob: "Your Majesty, don't interrupt me, I haven't finished speaking yet!"
The emperor did not dare to disobey her, so he said: "Keep talking, keep talking."
But unexpectedly, because of this incident, the concubine lost the emperor's favor, and Wu Yashi gained the emperor's pity. Wu Ya also used Si Age to frame me. Now I finally understand that Wu Ya is very ambitious. She wants the emperor's favor, the concubine, and the child, and she is the one who wants it. A stepping stone to help her climb up.
Qingwan was crying and talking at the same time. She almost burst into tears several times, which made Kangxi very worried, but it was not easy to interrupt her. What if she became even more sad? He could only watch her cry and talk, and Kangxi took a silk scarf to wipe her tears.
Qingwan: "It turns out that Wu Ya is my concubine's foot-washing maid. She is indeed very powerful. In a short period of time, she has clearly understood my character, heart, and way of doing things. I am proud and indulgent, and I feel that I am very powerful." I have been childhood sweethearts with the emperor since childhood, and I felt that the emperor must trust me, so I didn’t explain much, but I forgot... I gave Wu Yashi a chance without thinking."
Kangxi was really heartbroken now and couldn't express it. In fact, he was the one who hurt Qingwan the most, and he was the one who gave Wu Yashi the opportunity to hurt her. If he had believed in Qingwan from the beginning, Wu Yashi would have never stood a chance. It was his cold treatment of his cousin, his fear of the Tong family, and his distrust of Qingwan that Wu Yashi saw, so he gave Wu Yashi a chance.
"At that time, I didn't know why the emperor was angry with me. The emperor also knew that I like to think wildly, so my health became worse and worse."
"Now I suddenly feel that I don't have the blessing to raise a child. After all, I can't take care of my body. So I don't want to raise my fourth brother anymore, and I don't want to raise anyone else's child. This kind of thing will happen once." Okay, no matter how many times I do, I won’t be able to bear it. At the same time, it will save the child’s biological mother from resenting her and thinking that she caused her to be separated from her child.”
"I still like my child. He can be well-behaved, naughty, playful,...anything can be, and I will love him very much. But if I don't, that means he is not blessed, I I don’t force myself. Now, I finally understand that other people’s children belong to others and will never belong to me.”
"So my concubine has thought about it. Fourth Brother, please ask the Emperor to find someone else to support you."
"I really don't have the energy, and I don't want to raise my fourth brother anymore. Moreover, his biological mother Wu Ya is very thoughtful. I am no match for her. I still want to live a few more years. Moreover, I am very tired of her now. , In order for the fourth elder brother to not waver between his biological mother and his adoptive mother when he grows up, Your Majesty..."
"So for my own sake, for the sake of Fourth Elder Brother, and for the sake of the Wuya family, I will not support Fourth Elder Brother."
"And I know my body, I don't have many years left to live."
Kangxi glared at her fiercely, feeling that Qingwan was speaking freely and she could say this at will. What if it came true? She really had no scruples, but he was extremely scared.
The Emperor: "You are talking nonsense. Why are you saying all these things? It is not unlucky at all. My cousin will definitely be healthy."
Qingwan looked at Kangxi and asked him, "Does the emperor agree?"
Kangxi was now thinking that it was really difficult for his cousin to have children physically, and she loved children very much, but she might have children of her own in this life.
But Kangxi didn't want her to regret it. He was the one who made the mistake before.
Now Kangxi felt that Qingwan was just too sad, that's why she didn't want to raise the child. And Wu Yashi is indeed a trouble, but it is not impossible to solve. The fourth elder brother will be remembered under Qingwan’s name from now on. Although the Tong family... the children are still young now. All in all, it's not bad to have the fourth elder brother by Qingwan's side. After all, Qingwan likes children very much. If it's not Yinzhen, it could be someone else. It's better to be Yinzhen from the beginning. And he knew that Qingwan also liked Yinzhen very much and had raised her for so long, so she might also have feelings for him.
The emperor reached out and touched her cheeks soaked with tears, and asked softly: "Do you really think so?"
Qingwan nodded vigorously: "Well, it couldn't be more true."
However, Kangxi still felt that Qingwan was duplicity and it was best for the fourth elder brother to stay with her. As for Wu Yashi, he also had his own solution.
Qingwan looked at Kangxi with tears in her eyes, and said without blinking: "Your Majesty, just agree to be my concubine, okay?"
Kangxi looked at her and thought deeply for a while before saying: "..."
